Meals of the Week, Sunday March 1st to Saturday March 7th, 2026

 

Hello everyone and welcome to my Meals of the Week post for this the first week of March, 2026. On Sundays I like to share with you, my dear readers, all of the deliciousness that I have enjoyed over the past seven days for my main meals. That's seven delicious meals/recipes along with any menu tips and suggestions.

Things have been a bit more interesting lately as my daughter Eileen is living with me temporarily until she can find a place of her own. We are enjoying cooking and eating some of the meals of her childhood that were here favorites. Mine also. Funny how food always tastes a lot better when you have someone to share them with! 

I love doing these posts. It helps me to keep track of what I am eating and also keeps me involved and interested in what is going on in my kitchen.  As a person who lives on their own, it can be a challenge to keep my meals fresh and exciting. It can also be a bit of a challenge to eat healthy. As a senior living on a low income it can also be a bit of a challenge to come up with interesting meals that fit within my food budget. I also like them to be fairly healthy.

The temptation can often be to want to eat a ready-meal or frozen dinner.  Sometimes ( and I have been guilty of this on occasion) all you want to eat is a bowl of cereal because it is too much to be asked to cook.  That is a slippery slope and as much as possible I like to cook myself a delicious main meal.

I mostly eat my main meals in the early afternoon these days.  That is for two reasons, one the light is better for photography and two, I don't like going to bed in the evenings with too much in my stomach. I get a much better sleep with not a lot resting in my tummy giving me indigestion!!  Eileen doesn't mind. She is a night snacker.  I have been buying fruit for us to enjoy in the evenings. Mostly melon, sometimes with some berries and or pineapple. We both really enjoy that and it helps to prevent us from snacking down on something naughtier.

Anyways, here is what we enjoyed as our main meals over the past seven days. I really hope you will be inspired to want to cook a few of these for yourself!

SUNDAY, March 1st - Garlic Butter Sausages & Broccoli Skillet

Usually on Sundays we would go to have a family dinner at my sister's. Eileen had just had her first Iron infusion so was not really feeling quite herself and it was snowing so we stayed home and I made us a sausage dinner.Quick, easy to make and very nourishingly delicious!

Thick sausages are cooked and browned in a skillet with some butter and garlic, once done they are removed and set aside. Broccoli (on this day I took this photograph I used a brocco-flower, which is a combination of broccoli and cauliflower) or even green beans are blanched and then sauteed in the pan juices. I served with baked sweet potatoes and it was a really delicious supper! (We did the green beans this day as well.)

MONDAY, March 2nd - Spaghetti Frittata  

Spaghetti Frittata makes a brilliant weeknight supper. Simple store cupboard ingredients put together in the most delicious way.  Eggs, spaghetti, marinara sauce, cream, olives, cheese and basil.  Oh my but this is some delicious and the leftovers are great in lunches.

We enjoyed wedges of this along with a tasty side salad. You could also add some garlic bread or fingers if you wished!

TUESDAY, March 3rd - Creamy Swiss Chicken

Creamy Swiss Chicken is delicious.  Chicken breasts are seasoned and cooked to perfection and then a creamy mushroom sauce is created.  Some cheese is scattered over top and the whole lot  gets popped into the oven just until the sauce is nice and bubbly and the cheese has melted. Oh my, but this is some good!

We enjoyed this with some homemade oven wedges and frozen peas.  This is so tasty you could easily make a pig of yourself.

WEDNESDAY, March 4th - Pickled Pork & Sauerkraut

We usually go out for dinner with my dad and sister on Wednesday's but Dad was going for Chinese food this week so Eileen and I stayed home.  Cindy and Dan took dad and then went to Wendy's while he had his Chinese meal with Hazel.

We love sauerkraut in our family. Eileen had said she hadn't had sauerkraut in a very long time. Probably not since before I moved to the U.K. I decided to make us a feed of Pickled Pork & Sauerkraut. Its such a simple meal. You just pop everything into the slow cooker/crockpot. It does all the work. Slow cooking the pickled pork in this manner, along with some sauerkraut, yields tender and juicy meat.  The sauerkraut helps to tenderize the pork, and the pork helps to inject its flavor into the kraut.  

It is a taste marriage made in heaven. Pure and simple.  This is comfort food with a capital "C." We enjoyed it with a mound of fluffy, buttery mashed potatoes, and really enjoyed ourselves. It is quite salty however, even though I did rinse the pork and kraut well. We both drank a gallon of water Wednesday night!

THURSDAY, March 5th - Tomato Dumplings

I spoiled Eileen again on Thursday and made Tomato Dumplings. This was always a favorite meal when she was growing up.  Its a recipe that I got from a Taste of Home magazine back in the 1990's. It was a prize winner. No surprise there as it is delicious.

A rich tomato and vegetable base is created, fluffy butter dumplings are dropped on top, and then cooked to perfection.  You can enjoy this as a tasty side for 6 or a yummy main dish for 3.  We enjoyed it as a main dish with some salad on the side. We were both very happy with our supper.

FRIDAY, March 6th - Herb & Garlic Roast Pork 

I am trying to use up some of the meat in my freezer to make some space and so I took a small pork roast out to cook for us on Friday.  This Garlic & Herb Pork Roast is a tender, flavor‑packed main dish that turns a simple cut of pork into a beautifully aromatic meal. Coated in a savory blend of garlic, herbs, and olive oil, the roast cooks until juicy on the inside with a golden, fragrant crust on the outside. Oven braising it in apple juice adds another depth of flavor and makes for a really delicious gravy at the end. 

We enjoyed this sliced along with some of the gravy. I had mashed potatoes left from the pickled pork meal and heated them up in a skillet in some melted ghee. (OH SO GOOD) And I cooked frozen broccoli and green bean/carrot mix to go with it.

This was really, really good, plus I had a big chunk to pop back into the freezer to make some Pork Fried Rice next week.  We will probably enjoy that along with some stir fried veggies.

SATURDAY, March 7th - World's Best Mac & Cheese for Two

Eileen had another iron infusion on Saturday so I made her a treat for her supper. A decadent dish of macaroni and cheese. This is a favorite version. A rich cheese sauce gets layered in the baking dish with cooked macaroni and more grated cheese.  Surprisingly the cheese sauce is created with a mix of chicken stock and milk.

 

This simple step adds a depth of flavor and richness that I have never found in other cheese sauces. Normally I would top it with some buttered bread crumbs and crisp slices of bacon, but I left the bacon off this time. We each had a hot dog instead. (I know very naughty.) If it helps we also had salad on the side. 

It really is indulgent and more than a bit naughty, but we both really enjoyed it.  

And those were my meals of the week for this past week. A little bit more indulgent than they usually are, but I know you will forgive me.  Eileen had three iron infusions this week and I was really wanting to spoil her.  I did manage to keep everything within budget however!

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